- October 9, 2018
- NEMA Communications
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This piece was originally published in the October 2018 issue of electroindustry.
Lisa Spellman of the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA), a Division of NEMA, was appointed to the Finance Committee of the United States National Committee of the International Electrotechnical Commission (USNC/IEC).
Ms. Spellman is the general-secretary for Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM), providing strategic leadership and management of operational affairs for DICOM stakeholders around the world.
In this competitive appointment, Ms. Spellman will oversee and provide input on the budget
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- October 8, 2018
- NEMA Communications
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This piece was originally published in the October 2018 issue of electroindustry.
Andrew Quinn, President & CEO, ILSCO Corporation, and Chair, NEMAPAC
With federal and state elections taking place in November, this is a good time for company executives to discuss with their employees the impact policy issues have on operations, jobs, and growth, as well as to encourage active participation in elections. These efforts, commonly known as Get Out the Vote (GOTV) efforts, do not endorse any candidate and are designed to support
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- October 5, 2018
- NEMA Communications
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This piece was originally published in the October 2018 issue of electroindustry.
David Clements, CEO, International Association of Electrical Inspectors (IAEI)
We live in an exciting time in which innovations appear almost daily. Over the last decade, we’ve seen many changes with regard to renewable energy, light-emitting diode (LED) and other lighting, Power over Ethernet, battery technology, and direct current power.
Not only is it important that installation and product Standards stay current with new technology and practices, but it is also critical that the
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- October 3, 2018
- NEMA Communications
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This piece was originally published in the October 2018 issue of electroindustry.
Mark Kohorst, Senior Manager, Environment, Health, and Safety, NEMA
Acting on behalf of the Light Source Section, NEMA obtained a two-year exemption from strict mercury content limits for critical lighting products in Louisiana. Had the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) not approved this extension, lamps used for most outdoor lighting systems as well as fluorescent lamps employed in a variety of specialized applications would have become unavailable.
With a maximum of 10 milligrams
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- October 2, 2018
- NEMA Communications
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This piece was originally published in the October 2018 issue of electroindustry.
Change is occurring at an unprecedented pace, and it’s only getting faster. According to Gartner, by 2020, five of the top seven digital giants will willfully "self-disrupt" to create their next market leadership opportunity. To keep up in a digitized world, NEMA must adopt new productivity strategies for its intellectual properties and optimize our processes for developing them.
We must get Standards done right, but we must also get them done quickly.
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- September 28, 2018
- NEMA Communications
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This piece was originally published in the September 2018 issue of electroindustry.
Now available are two new Standards for LED lighting, ANSI C78.62612-2018 American National Standard for Electric Lamps—Self-Ballasted LED Lamps—Performance Specifications, which features the performance requirements for LED lamps for stable operation, and ANSI C78.62717-2018 American National Standard for Electric Lamps—LED Modules for General Lighting—Performance Requirements, which contains the performance requirements for LED modules. Both are intended for domestic and general lighting purposes.
They are available for $50 each in hard copy and electronic
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- September 27, 2018
- NEMA Communications
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This is the third of three posts on the regulation of general-service lamps pursuant to the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. Read the first and second here.
Did Congress mandate a 45-lumen-per-watt Standard for general service-lamps by 2020?
No. The language of the statute and its legislative history confirm that Congress did not mandate that all general-service lamps meet a 45 lumen-per-watt energy conservation Standard by January 1, 2020.
The underlying legislation that drives regulatory action for the most common general-service
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- September 26, 2018
- NEMA Communications
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This piece was originally published in the September 2018 issue of electroindustry.
Jonathan Stewart, Industry Director, Utility Products and Systems Division, NEMA
In 2018, NEMA set out to tackle the workforce development gap through three projects under the Workforce Development Strategic Initiative. They involved a curriculum sharing feasibility study, an industry promotion digital toolkit, and an industrial maintenance technician youth apprenticeship.
The digital toolkit and apprenticeship program will be rolled out at the Workforce Development Seminar on Wednesday, November 14, which will be held in
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- September 25, 2018
- NEMA Communications
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This piece was originally published in the September 2018 issue of electroindustry.
Peter Weems, Senior Director, Policy and Strategy, MITA
Because Standards serve as the backbone of industry self-regulation, it is important to get them right. Industry consensus Standards help reduce costs and expand markets through the promotion of interoperability, safety, and quality.
As the electrotechnical industry changes and as the pace of innovation quickens, NEMA must keep up. One of the association’s primary activities is the production of technical intellectual property. Given that Standards
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- September 24, 2018
- NEMA Communications
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This piece was originally published in the September 2018 issue of electroindustry.
Fred Ashton, Economic Analyst, NEMA, and Alex Boesenberg, Senior Manager, Government Relations, NEMA
There is nothing more important than ensuring a plentiful food supply. From Florida oranges to Idaho potatoes, farmers are faced with abundant challenges from seed to harvest. Big data is changing that. As farming transforms to a more data-driven industry, sensor technology is becoming as important a tool to farmers as the tractor.
Sensors in the fields are providing farmers
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- September 23, 2018
- NEMA Communications
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This piece was originally published in the September 2018 issue of electroindustry.
Craig Updyke, Director, Trade and Commercial Affairs, NEMA
On August 21, NEMA testified before an interagency committee chaired by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) regarding Administration proposals to place tariffs on a third list of products made in the People’s Republic of China. The third list was developed by the agencies in reaction to Beijing’s imposition of retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products and refusal to assuage U.S. complaints about
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- September 22, 2018
- NEMA Communications
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This piece was originally published in the September 2018 issue of electroindustry.
Thomas D. Little, PhD, Professor, Boston University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Little is the associate director at the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center for Light Enabled Systems & Applications (LESA)
Visible light communication (VLC) sounds like a newfangled notion, but it’s not.
The ancient Greeks shined light across the sky to communicate quick and urgent messages; in Boston, Paul Revere famously signaled “one if by land, two if by sea”
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- September 21, 2018
- NEMA Communications
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This piece was originally published in the September 2018 issue of electroindustry.
Steve Griffith, PMP, Industry Director, NEMA
The early internet dealt with intangibles. You sent or received emails, corresponded on forums, and read and distributed articles.
The modern internet deals with assets, the most valuable immediate items that you can touch and want to protect. These assets are stored in encoded form on a network-to-network chain called the blockchain or ledger, where each participant sees whom you do business with. This not only protects
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- September 19, 2018
- NEMA Communications
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This piece was originally published in the September 2018 issue of electroindustry.
Mark Kohorst, Senior Manager, Environment, Health & Safety, NEMA
The notion of a circular economy (CE) is emerging as a dominant template for crafting environmental policy in key global markets. Restorative and regenerative by design, it seeks to move beyond the traditional “take, make, dispose” approach that characterizes most economic systems. Instead, the aim becomes buying less and reusing more by keeping products, components, and materials at their highest utility and value
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- September 17, 2018
- NEMA Communications
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This piece was originally published in the September 2018 issue of electroindustry.
Patrick A. Hope, Executive Director, MITA
Mr. Hope has held government relations positions within medical specialty societies.
With new developments continuing to push the boundaries for medical imaging and related devices, technological innovation has completely changed the healthcare landscape. Below are a few of the many developments that are helping doctors and patients.
Software-Aided Diagnosis
Patient privacy is a huge focus for equipment manufacturers and hospitals, so technologies that make it easier to protect data
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- September 15, 2018
- NEMA Communications
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This piece was originally published in the September 2018 issue of electroindustry.
Suzanne Alfano, MBA, CET, Industry Director, Building Systems Division, NEMA
While building energy models provide a reasonably accurate prediction of the performance of individual equipment like chillers and pumps, these models poorly predict the performance of systems.
Under this Strategic Initiative, NEMA will contract with an independent consultant to
identify gaps in inaccurate modeling of energy conservation benefits of systems in commercial buildings;
create a white paper detailing the results of the research and recommendations
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- September 14, 2018
- NEMA Communications
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This is the second of three posts about the regulation of general service lamps pursuant to the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. Read the first one here.
There is a long history of U.S. energy efficiency law treating Standard “general service” light bulbs differently than non-standard light bulbs such as reflector lamps*, lamps with odd bulb shapes, non-medium screw base lamps, and lamps designed and marketed to serve niche applications. Congress has made this clear by stating that these
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- September 12, 2018
- NEMA Communications
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This piece was originally published in the September 2018 issue of electroindustry.
Philip Caldwell, Edison Expert, External Affairs, Schneider Electric
Earthquakes nearly ran me over in 1998.
That was when Square D Company / Schneider Electric asked me to review seismic qualifications for building code applications. My initial goal was to get a colleague to take the lead. Despite our best efforts, however, we kept getting hit by a very big bus driven by earthquake provisions in building codes.
In the 1970s, advances in earthquake engineering
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- September 12, 2018
- NEMA Communications
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NEMA Field Representatives are engaged in emergency preparedness and recovery efforts in all regions of the United States to help mitigate electrical hazards before, during and after natural disasters. They maintain relationships with local inspectors and city officials offering education, technical guidance, and supply-chain outreach. They provide intelligence reports on power outage status, electrical equipment, and product needs as they arise. And they field questions from the insurance industry, the enforcement agencies, and building owners related to their particular needs.
There are currently
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- September 10, 2018
- NEMA Communications
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This piece was originally published in the September 2018 issue of electroindustry.
Suzanne Alfano, MBA, CET, Industry Director, Building Systems Division, NEMA
The new Building Management Systems (BMS) Section, approved by the NEMA Board of Governors at its July meeting, will integrate building management applications related to energy efficiency and power reliability with devices that measure and report energy use.
A BMS is an integrated system of hardware, software, and interfacing communications that automatically monitor and control building subsystems like HVAC, lighting, power, fire, access
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